Tuesday, January 29, 2013

On January 28, Free State Foundation President Randolph May
and Research Fellow Seth Cooper submitted comments
in the Federal Communications Commission’s proceeding considering the
transition from legacy transmission platforms to broadband services based
Internet Protocol. FSF’s comments urge the Commission to exercise its
forbearance and waiver authorities to replace its legacy monopoly approach with a
much less regulatory, and more market-driven approach to ensure universal
service through an interconnected voice network with basic consumer protections.
FSF's comments assert that this change will provide greater funds for service providers to
invest in broadband deployment, and will benefit consumers by increasing access
to the advanced capabilities and prospectively reduced prices of new all-IP
networks.